Café-Bar

[airfrogusmc]

 

[Erik van Straten]

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[kuuan]

salary men Sake Bar downtown Osaka


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax *istDs + Sigma 17-70mm, Osaka 2008

 

[pau3]

Leica M5, Summaron 35mm f/3.5, 400-2TMY/Adox MCC 110.

Erik.

Bravo!

Pau


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[Erik van Straten]

Thanks, Pau.


Erik.

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[skopar steve]

Leica M3, Summilux 50mm f/1.4 v1, 400-2TMY/Adox MCC 110.

Erik.

Hey Erik, that sinister looking Oliver Hardy character in the lower right really makes the image. Well done!

 

[Erik van Straten]

Thank you, Steve.


Erik.

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[lynnb]

Jet Bar, QVB Sydney 2019
IIIf 'cron 5cm f/2 collapsible LTM
HP5+ @iso800 in ID-11 1+1 14min 22C

 

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. The rooftop bar of the Caravelle Hotel. Saigon, June 2016. Leica M7 - CV 1.2/35 - Kodak 400 TX.

 

[airfrogusmc]

 

[Erik van Straten]

Leica MP, Summilux 50mm f/1.4 v1 black, 400-2TMY/AdoxMCC110.

Erik.

 

[peterm1]

Cafe Scene 33 by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Girls' Day Out by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

Cafe - Light on a Dusty Window by Life in Shadows, on Flickr

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. The rooftop bar of the Caravelle Hotel. Saigon, June 2016. Leica M7 - CV 1.2/35 - Kodak 400 TX.

Peter, I love it! The open air design, ceiling fans, large chairs at the tables, checkerboard tiled floor, the atmosphere; that place is the place for me. I would love to be sitting at one of those tables on a humid afternoon drinkinking a beer (make that a few beers) with a group of friends.

Is the Caravelle Hotel still there in that same condition? If so could you go back and take an updated shot in color?

All the best,
Mike

 

[peterm1]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. The rooftop bar of the Caravelle Hotel. Saigon, June 2016. Leica M7 - CV 1.2/35 - Kodak 400 TX.

Very nice one. This reminds me of the Long Bar in Raffles, Singapore. Though it is much more touristy these days it still retains a good bit of its original charm including overhead fans and a floor covered in peanut shells (A quirky aspect of the Long Bar is the tradition of throwing peanut husks onto the floor to be swept up later by staff - no doubt a hangover to the British rule of old and the prevalence of public school "old-boys" amongst the emigres). One old story about Raffle's Bar holds that back in the day a tiger was once shot in the bar (in reality it was shot under the bar which was elevated) by a Headmaster of a local school (and keen hunter) early in the morning, while still dressed in his pyjamas. (Reminds me of that old Marx Bros / Captain Spalding joke......"One morning in Africa I shot an elephant in my pyjamas. What the elephant was doing in my pyjamas I will never know.")

Just uploaded this to show the similarities. I have a soft spot for such colonial relics. Probably because I am one.

 

[Out to Lunch]

The Caravelle rooftop is still there today. Get your coffee or ice cold beer and enjoy!

 

[Out to Lunch]

Ah OK, I'll go back and take another shot in color. Will post soon.

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

Ah OK, I'll go back and take another shot in color. Will post soon.

Thank you, Peter, I look forward to seeing it.

All the best,
Mike

 

[lynnb]

morning at Badde Manors cafe, Sydney 2019
IIIc CV2mm f/4 LTM
HP5+ @iso125 (accidentally), ID-11 1+1 6min 23C, exhausted fixer (another accident)